Railer13 used “Lake” from my post. Elendil_s_Heir used “classified” from Railer13’s post.
Also, I get the Val Kilmer reference.
In play:
John Wesley Powell founded the Cosmos Club, a gentlemen’s social club, in Washington D.C. in 1878, with the stated goal of “The advancement of its members in science, literature, and art”. The Cosmos Club was a male-only club until 1988, when, under threat of an anti-discrimination proceeding by the city of Washington, the club changed its rules to allow female members.
On “Seinfeld”, Cosmo Kramer was at first named “Kessler”, to avoid legal trouble with a real person named Kramer, upon whom the character was loosely based. But the real Kramer liked the character Kramer, and gave the OK to use the name.
‘Kessler’ is the name of an American brand of blended whiskey originally founded by Julius Kessler in 1888. Known for its slogan, “Smooth as Silk”, the brand has passed through several hands since Kessler’s retirement in 1921. It is now owned by the Beam Suntory conglomerate, which claims it is the #2 selling brand of American blended whiskey.
Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as Prime Minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as President from 1963 to 1964, after which he led its successor state, Tanzania, as President from 1964 to 1985. His construction of the one-party state and use of detention without trial led to accusations of dictatorial governance, while he has also been blamed for economic mismanagement. Despite this, he is held in deep respect within Tanzania, where he is often referred to by the Swahili honorific Mwalimu (“teacher”) and described as the “Father of the Nation”.
Tanzania is the 13th largest country in Africa by size, ranking just behind Egypt and just ahead of Nigeria. It is the sixth-largest by population, narrowly trailing fifth place South Africa. It is home to the world-famous Serengeti National Park, and it has the world’s largest lion population. Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest peak in Africa, is located in the northeastern part of the country.
Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain on the African continent, as Railer 13 said. As such it is one of the “seven summits”, the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents. Depending on how you define ‘continent’ or where you draw the border, namely is it Australia or is it Oceania?; and, where is the border between Europe and Asia?, the list differs.
The tallest mountain on each of the seven continents, but…
…depending on how you define ‘continent’ (e.g., is it Australia or is it Oceania?) and where you draw the border between Asia and Europe, there are nine tallest mountains on the continents.
From tallest:
29,032’ Mount Everest {Asia: Nepal and China}
22,838’ Aconcagua {South America: Argentina}
20,310’ Denali {North America: United States}
19,341’ Mount Kilimanjaro {Africa: Tanzania}
18,510’ Mount Elbrus {Europe/Eurasia: Russia}
16,050’ Vinson Massif {Antarctica}
16,024’ Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya) {Oceania: Indonesia}
15,774’ Mont Blanc {Europe: France}
7,310’ Mount Kosciuszko {Australia}
These are by continent. The Himalayas and Karakorams alone have about 100 mountains taller than Aconcagua!
Denali is the highest point in the United States at 20,310 feet, and is the high point for Alaska. Every state has high point, or highest natural point above sea level, and the list of high points in each state is important to the sport of highpointing, where participants try to reach the highpoint in all 50 states. Britton Hill, in Florida, is the lowest highpoint at 345 feet.
Variants include reaching the high points in the lower 48 (Mount Whitney in California is highest), or all 50 states, DC, and US Territories.
Denali is a nameplate which has been used by GMC Trucks since the 1999 model year to denote premium versions/trim packages of several of their pickup truck and SUV models. GMC currently offers Denali versions of the Yukon, Acadia, and Terrain SUVs, and the Sierra and Canyon pickups.
Acadia was a colony of New France in northeastern North America, which included land in both current-day Quebec and Maine. Following the defeat of France by Great Britain in the French and Indian War, most of the inhabitants fled the area and relocated to the French settlements in Louisiana. The term ‘Acadian’ was anglicized to ‘Cajun’, and remains so today.
Cajun cuisine is a style of cooking developed by the Cajun - Acadians who were deported from Acadia to Louisiana during the 18th century and who incorporated West African, French and Spanish cooking techniques into their original cuisine. An authentic Cajun meal is usually a three-pot affair, with one pot dedicated to the main dish, one dedicated to steamed rice, specially made sausages, or some seafood dish, and the third containing whatever vegetable is plentiful or available.
In the original Japanese Iron Chef, the chefs began to cook after the words “Allez cuisine.” The show’s producers thought this was French for “Go cook,” but it is actually translated to “Go type of cooking.”
The lead ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Kongo class of battlecruisers was actually designed and built under contract in Great Britain, and launched in 1912, the same year that the British luxury liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank. IJNS Kongo later fought against the Royal Navy in World War II, but was torpedoed and sunk by an American submarine, the USS Sealion.
In the 1912 US presidential election, Woodrow Wilson unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and defeated former President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt formed the “Bull Moose” Progressive party that year and he ran under that party. By 1920 the Bull Moose party was gone, kaput.
More than 10% of US presidents had first names that ended with their last initial. Jim Madison, Jim Monroe, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson and Jack Kennedy. This may be about ten times the frequency that might be expected in the General population.
That’s a rather loose usage of nicknames to prove a thesis, yes? Jim, Jim, Jack…but not Bill McKinley? This is also the first time I’ve ever heard Jim Madison and Jim Monroe.
In play: John Kennedy was the second oldest of nine children, five daughters and four sons, born to to Joseph and Rose Kennedy. The youngest daughter and last surviving child was Jean Ann Kennedy, who died on June 17, 2020. Three of the four sons served as United States Senators.
Doug Emhoff, husband of the newly-inaugurated Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, is the country’s first Second Gentleman and also the first Jewish spouse of a Vice President.
A valet or “Gentleman’s Gentleman” is a gentleman’s male servant; the closest female equivalent is a lady’s maid. The valet performs personal services such as maintaining his employer’s clothes, running his bath and perhaps (especially in the past) shaving his employer.
English actor Sebastian Cabot’s best-known role was that of Mr. French, the “gentleman’s gentleman” for Bill Davis (played by Brian Keith) on the 1960s American sitcom Family Affair. Before breaking into acting, Cabot had, in fact, worked as a valet for actor Frank Pettingell.
San Sebastian del Oeste is a colorful and picturesque Mexican village that only recently became exposed to tourists, when a new highway was built through the region in about 2000; It is in Jalisco, on the Nayarit border, and a popilayion of less than 1,000.
